Horse with pipe up the ass???

[Enola_Straight]

I came across this old woodcut sketch:
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/print/exhibits/drydrunk/horse.htm

Why would anyone want to do this?

[The_Griffin]

The methane from the horses farts filters through the tobacco and gives it a unique flavour.

[furt]

Proof that there is a Tom Green in every time and place.

[Finagle]

I’m guessing, see as this is a veterinary manual, that the tobacco/nicotine was being used for some medical
purpose. Possibly for worming it, or some other mysterious horse ailment.

[The_Griffin]

Anal cancer, perhaps?

[yabob]

*Originally posted by The Griffin *
**The methane from the horses farts filters through the tobacco and gives it a unique flavour. **

To be enjoyed with a cup of kopi luwak, no doubt.

[yabob]

Actually, if you follow the link at the bottom to the collection that the woodcut is from, it has this to say:

This rather astounding print is a graphic illustration of one of the medicinal uses of tobacco, and testimony to the long- lasting conviction that it was a useful health remedy. The herb was generally described as a purgative, whether through smoking or other forms of ingestion or external use, making its application as an enema natural.

[CalMeacham]

yabob has it right. This as called “brning the mare’s fart”, and was done as a sort of remedy.

I know about this, because I read of it in a book called Witchcraft in Salem by Chadwick Hansen. An excellent ittle bit of renovated history, with odd little tidbits like this one included.

[LorieSmurf]

Um.
okay.
That’s just odd.